Hand-measure for gloves.



No. 740,943.' PATENTBD 00T. 6.1903.

' J. J. SUMMBRSBY JL J. GREVE.

HAND yMEASURE, FOR GLUVES. APPLIoATIoN FILED D110. a, 19.92.

N0 MODEL.

A UDB/v5 YS.

UNiTnD STATES Patented October 6, i903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JAMES SUMMERSBY AND JAMES GRIEVE, OF DODGE Cl'iY, KANSAS, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO HIRAM A. vBURNE'FI, OF DODGE CITY,

g KANSAS.

HAND-MEASURE FOR GLOVES.'

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 740,943, dated October 6, 1903.

Application iiled December 8, 1902. Serial No. 134`,324. (No model.)

To afZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN JAMES SUMMERS- BY and JAMES GRIEVE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Dodge City, in the county of Ford and Slate of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Measures for Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to certain novel and 1o useful improvements in measuring devices, and has particular application to an article of this type for measuring the hand to deter mine the size of the glove to be worn.

One of the principal objects of the present z5 invention is to devise a measure which will be exceedingly simple in its construction, accurateinits measurement, and one which will be much more convenient than the ordinary'V spring-tape now in use.

A further object of our invention is to construct this improved measure of such material and in such manner thatit may be readily adjusted to iit any size of hand.

With these and other objects of a similar z5 nature in view our inventionv consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as is described in this specification, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our glovemeasuring device and showing the manner of employing the same. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, showing the arrangement and mounting of the parts. Fig.

3 is a plan view of the under side of the bar- 4o rel or tube of the device; and Fig. 4. is a transverse vertical sectional view taken through the tube on the linetLi in Fig. 2 and showing the manner of passing the spring-tape therein.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, forming a lpart of this specilication, 1 designates a tubular sleeve or casing, forming what might be termed the main body portion of the device. y At one end of this casing is formed a ring or finger-hold 2 for the 5o lpurpose of enabling the person to secure a firm grip upon the instrument. The tube is slotted longitudinally preferably its entire length, as at 3, and through this slot extends a depending tongue 4, which tongue is formed integral with a sliding sleeve 5, such sleevel having an open portion formed between the two ring-like members 6 and '7.' For the purpose of enabling this sleeve to be moved freely .metal is Ybent or looped upon itself until its ends are even, and the end portions of said strip are then inserted in the forward open end of the tube and are secured, as at 11, to thedepending tonguet byanysuitable means, such as a screw or bolt passing through the ends of the strips and through the tongue. A light coiled spiral spring l2 is wound around the metallic strip l0 and is secured to a projection 13, formed on the top portion of the metallic cap portion 14, which cap is adapted to cover the open vforward end of the tube, it being secured on said tube by means of screws Yl5. For the purpose of allowing the springloop to be contracted or enlarged there are ,apertures or slot-s formed in this cap portion 14, as at 16 i6, and through these slots extend the spring-arms, which are secured to the de over the hand, as shown in Fig. 1, and the slide IDO cated on the scale by the pointer 9 the size of the desired article, for instance a glove, will advantages thereof.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A measuring instrument comprising a tubular casing, a flat spring-loop formed of a metallic strip having both ends secured to a slide moving on the casing, a spring coiled about said loop, and means for increasing and decreasing the size of the loop, substantially as set forth.

2. A measuring instrument comprising a tubularcasing havinga longitudinal slot, and a measuring-scale marked on the surface thereof,a slide moving on said casing, a tongue formed integral with the slide and extending through the slot therein, a strip bent to form a loop outside said casing, both ends of the strip being secured to the tongue within the casing, the construction being such that when the aforesaid slidey is moving along the surface of the tubular casing the size of the loop will be increased or decreased, substantially as set forth.

3. A measuring instrument comprising u. tubular casing having a slot therein, a slide moving along said casing and having an integral portion extending through the slot thereof, a fiat strip bent to form a loop outside said casing and connected at both ends to the portion of the slide within the casing,

said loop being adapted to be increased or decreased by the movement of the slide on the casing, and means for indicating the size of the loop, substantially as set forth.

4. A measuring instrument comprising a tubular casing having a measuring scale marked thereon, a sliding indicator on said casing, and a loop comprising a dat strip and a spring coiled about said strip, such loop being increased orzdecreased in size, according to the movement of the indicator along the surface of the casing, substantially as set forth.

5. A measuring instrument comprising a tubular casing having a slot formed 1ongitudinally thereof, a slide moving thereon, said slide being provided with an opening, an indicator formed on said slide and extending into the open portion thereof, a tongue eX- tending from the slide through the slot of the casing, an elastic strip formed into a loop and having its ends secured to said tongue por- -tion in the interior of the casing, a spring coiled about said strip, and an apertured cap for the end of the casing through which the arms or ends of the strip extend and to which the ends of the springs are secured, the construction being such that when the slide is moved along the casing to increase or decrease the size of the loop such size Will be indicated on the scale on the casing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony'whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN JAMES SUMMERSBY. JAMES GRIEVE.

Witnesses:

W. J. DAvIEs, H. A. BURNETT. 

